sky box

[tamiya]

hi , can anyone help ,my warranty for my sky box has just run out and low and behold the box is not working , there is no power going to the box. i 've tried replacing the plug fuse, rewiring the plug but still no joy , can anyone help ? sky said it would cost 65 pounds to send out an engineer. robbing dogs! please can anyone help? thanks lee.

[Kerplunk]

That �65 will cover any parts that are required. Even a new (re-conditioned) box if required. So they aren't as robbing as it first looks. It does sound like there is a problem with the internal power supply unit. They aren't too expensive to buy but would you know how to fit one? My recommendation is to pay the �65 to Sky.

[buckoneton]

You could always try, what I was recomended by a sky engineer, that you tell sky you are thinking of moving to cable ! He says they will then send a engineer around for free ! Worth a try

[ASuperGav]

I used to have extended warranty with Sky for my Sky+box of �99 p.a. until the hard disc wore out.They sent an engineer who replaced it with a reconditioned one which was obvioiusly somebody else's botched repair job cos it conked out the same day.Same thing happened when he came a couple of days later and replaced the botched box with another.In the end I demanded a brand new box.I had that for a couple of years but by then I had cancelled my warranty cos it was cheaper buying one off Ebay and installing it myself which I have done.Tamiya is right. They are robbing dogs.